- Date
- May 2, 1983, 14:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Erie, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9088JPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830502016709A
- Case key
- 16072
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Touch-and-go - performedFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Lack of recent total experienceCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - runway lightFactor
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear assembly - overloadFactor
Analysis
During a second touch & go the acft ran off the side of the rwy. The plt last flew on 10/4/82 for about a 1 hr flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9088J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-3126
- Airframe hours
- 4,056
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-E2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flight, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 2, 1983 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Airport
- 48V · Tri-County, runway 9, 4,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
N9088JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 163 total · 48 in this make and model · 122 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC, 6 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.